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TIL Les Claypool of Primus and Dean Ween are set to host a “Fishing Show” on Comedy Central, and is going to be produced by South Park creators Trey Parker and Mat Stone

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yQmKa TIL that the Chesapeake and Delaware canal reduces 300 miles for ships going from Baltimore to Philadelphia. Without it, ships would need to travel to Virginia Beach and then back up to access Baltimore. It also accounts for 40% of the traffic at the Port of Baltimore.
69EkZ TIL the 1960's Pink Panther car was custome built on an Oldsmobile Chassis & V8 engine. Instead of a rearview mirror it had a camera and back and black & white television monitor. The 'Panthermobile' cost $100,000 to build, equivalent to $476,000 in 2021.
4kgyJ TIL that the body's soft tissues, like muscles and tendons, gradually turn into bone over time under a rare connective tissue disease called Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP)
XEeVX TIL before he was assassinated, Archduke Franz Ferdinand had plans to federalize his empire, creating the United States of Greater Austria.
x6Odo TIL Spike Lee negotiated with a Brazilian drug lord to allow him to film Michael Jackson's 96 music video 'They Don’t Care About Us' in a Rio de Janeiro slum. The drug kingpin replied “With Michael Jackson here, this will be the safest place in the world.”